Healthcare

Alpinia galanga (Linn.) Willd. Zingiberaceae (आईक-कुलम्) ) Eng : Greater galangal, Java galangal Hin : Kulañajn, Kuliñjan (, POSTA) Kan : Doddarasagadde (destra) Mal : Aratta, Cittaratta (MOOCOO), angocoros) San : Räsnā, Sugandhamulā (THT, TTT) Tam: Arattai, Perarattai ( 9135, CUTITS) Tel : Dumparaştramu (w2030.300) Distribution : Throughout the Western Ghats, also cultivated The plant: A perennial, aromatic, rhizomatous herb, 1.8 - 2.1 m in height; leaves oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, acuminate, very shortly petioled, ligule short, rounded, ciliate; flowers fragrant, greenish white with red veined lips, in dense panicles; fruits capsules orange red when ripe. Parts used: rhizomes Properties and uses : The rhizomes are bitter, acrid, thermogenic, aromatic, nervine tonic, stimulant, revulsive, carminative, stomachic, disinfectant, aphrodisiac, expectorant, bronchodilator, febrifuge, anti-inflammatory and tonic. They are useful in vitiated conditions of vāta and kapha, rheumat...

Aloc barbadensis Mill. (=A.vera (Linn.) Burm.) Liliaceae (रसोन-कुलम्) 1 Eng : Indian aloe, Curacao aloe, Barbados aloe, Jaffarabad aloe Hin : Ghikuāṁr, Ghikumāri (eite38, eſtart) Kan : Kathaligida (ಕತ್ತಲಿಗಿಡ) Mal : Kattuvāla, Kaffärvāla (A2004, AQO JOS) San : Kumārī, Ghrtakumāri (348, yas4r7) Tam: Kattalai, Sirukattalai ( 5806, A8%) Tel : Kalabanda ($92000) Distribution : Cultivated or seen wild in hedge-rows in the drier parts of India The plant : A coarse perennial with short stem and shallow root system; leaves fleshy in rosettes, sessile, often crowded with horny prickles or the margins, convex below, 45 – 60 cm long, tapering to a blunt point, surface pale green with irregular white blotches; flowers yellow or orange in racemes; fruits loculicidal capsule. Parts used : leaf-juice, elio Properties and uses : The plant is bitter, sweet, cooling, anthelmintic, aperient, carminative, deobstruent, depurative, diuretic, stomachic, emmenagogue, ophthalmic and alexeteric. The ...

Allophylus serratus (Roxb.) Kurz Sapindaceae (फेनिल-कुलम्) Hin : Tippāni (Facuif) Kan : Togaratti (ANO) Mal : Mukkannapperuku, Mukkannanpēlu, Mukkannanperēra (മുക്കണ്ണപ്പെരുക്, മുക്കണ്ണൻപേഴ്, മുക്കണ്ണൻ പെരേര, San Triputah (15192:) Tam": Amalai (91) Tel Eravalu (38.30) : Distribution : Throughout south India and Assam hills The plant : A small tree or a large shrub with whitish bark; leaves 3-foliate, alternate, crowded at the ends of branchlets, pubescent, leaflets 5–12.5 cm long, ovate or elliptic, acute or acuminate, serrate-dentate, more or less hairy on both surfaces; flowers small, white in fascicles, on spicate axillary racemes, stamens 8, inserted on the receptacle inside the disc; fruits smooth, globose, red when ripe. Parts used : whole plant Properties and uses : The plant is astringent, bitter, sweet, anti inflammatory, vulnerary, digestive, carminative and constipating. It is useful in bone fractures, dislocations, inflammations, ulcers, wounds, dyspepsia, ...

Allium sativum Linn. Liliaceae (रसोन-कुलम्) Eng : Garlic Hin : Laśun, Lahasun (214, MET) Kan : Bellulli (2363 0 Mal : Vellulli (132,281) San : Lasunah, Rasõnah (TH, THA :) Tam : Vellai puntu (QUÓTU YOUTC) Tel : Vellulli, Tellagadda (Jeren, Benede Distribution : Cultivated throughout Inuia The plant: A scapigerous foetid perennial herb with underground compound bulbs covered over by outer white thin scales and with simple, smooth, round stem, surrounded at the bottom by tubular leaf sheath; leaves simple, long, flat, linear; flowers small, white in rounded umbels mixed with small bulbils, the entire umbel enclosed in a teardrop-shaped membranous spathe, flowers usually sterile. Parts used : bulbs Properties and uses : The bulbs are acrid, bitter, sweet, astringent, salty, thermogenic, aperient, anodyne, oleagenous; aphrodisiac, anthelmintic, expectorant, febrifuge, diuretic, alexeteric, emmenagogue, rubefacient, stimulant, anticholesterol, antibacterial, antifungal and tonic...

Allium cepa Linn. . Liliaceae (रसोन–कुलम्) Eng Onion Hin : Pyāj (CET) Kan : Nirulli (2008) Mal : Cuvannulli, Ceriya uli (Noum831, 2010 2001) San : Palānquḥ (95510g:) Tam : Venkāyam, Trulli (QouiswLD, FT-CHOTTON) Tel : Ullipāya, Ulligadda, Erragadda (COJO, CONC. Jeres) Distribution : Cultivated throughout India The plant: A biennial or perennial herb with aromatic fleshy underground bulb; leaves linear, hollow, cylindric and fleshy; flowers many, white in globular umbels, spathe composed of 2-3 reflexed walls. The underground bulbs which are medicinally used vary in size, colour, shape, firmness, strength of flavour and keeping quality. Parts used : bulbs Properties and uses : The bulbs are acrid, sweet, aromatic, thermogenic, antiperiodic, antibacterial, aphrodisiac, emmenagogue, emollient, expectorant, carminative, stomachic, diuretic, anodyne and tonic. They are useful in haemorrhoids, dysentery, flatulence, dyspepsia. colic, jaundice, splenopathy, hepatopathy, pneumonopa...

Albizia odoratissima (Linn.f.) Benth. Mimosaceae (बब्बुल-कुलम्) Eng : : Black siris, Kala siris Hin : Kälä siris a frie) Kan : Bilvāra (Deseo) Mal : Pulivāka, Nellivāka, Karivāka, Kunnivāka (പുളിവാക, നെല്ലിവാക, കരിവാക, കുന്നിവാക) San : Bhūsirişah (yfyra:) Tam: Karuvākai, Sittilavākai (SCHUTNYA, 959 QJ08) Tel : Cinduga, Sirisi, Telsu (Dodox. 383. Beuy) Distribution : Throughout India, in arcas unto an elevation of 1.500 m The plant: A medium sized unarmed tree about 20 m in height with dark coloured young shoots and grey, rough, irregularly cracked bark with dark patches; leaves abruptly pinnate, alternate, main rachis with a gland on the upper side near its basal part and often with similar glands at the bases of the first two pairs of pinnae, leaflets unequal sided, rounded, or semicordate at base, obtuse or rounded at the apex, dark green, slightly pubescent above; flowers white, fragrant, sessile, numerous, in small globose 5–10 or more flowered heads, in corymbiform spr...

Albizia lebbeck (Linn.) Benth. Mimosaceae (बब्बुल-कुलम्) Eng : Siris tree Hin : Siris, Sirís (forta, FRA) Kan : Bēgemara (23€7iawo) Mal : Nenmēnivāka, Vāka (omCOM, ) San : Sirişah, Bhandi (fyria, ust) Tam: Vākai, Siridam (ours, P sub) Tel : Dirisana (2815) Distribution: Throughout India, in moist, teak-bearing forests, also cultivated The plant: A medium to large sized unarmed deciduous tree about 20 m in height with an umbrella-shaped crown and grey to dark brown rough irregularly cracked bark; leaves abruptly bipinnate, main rachis with a large gland above the base and one below the uppermost pair of pinnae, pinnae 2 - 4 pairs, leaflets 5 - 9 pairs with glands between their bases, the lateral ones elliptic-oblong, the two terminal ovate-oblong, all unequal sided; flowers white, fragrant, in globose umbellate heads; fruits long, characteristic pods, bluntly pointed, thin, pale yellow, smooth, shiny, reticulately veined above the seed; seeds 4-12, pale brown, ellipsoid, obl...